1912

157 of 366 days have a dated record, 45 more lie between two dated days in one place; the rest are covered only by where he lived. Mostly Berlin; also Munich, Helsinki, Oslo, Cologne, Vienna. Residence by the witnesses: Berlin (His own account). 12 days are placed differently by two witnesses and given no place.

Dated to the year

Records a witness dates no more closely than 1912.

  1. His own account wrote «Draft of the Principles of an Anthroposophical Society, 1912» GA 37, 117_19120000e01 the table of contents gives 31 December, a year-end day on a bare-year filename, read as the year only
    In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)
    To lead a satisfying and healthy life, human nature requires the knowledge and cultivation of its own supersensible essence and the supersensible essence of the extra-human world.
    Zu einer befriedigenden und gesunden Lebensgestaltung bedarf die Menschennatur der Erkenntnis und Pflege ihrer eigenen übersinnlichen Wesenheit und der übersinnlichen Wesenheit der außermenschlichen Welt.

January 1912

18 of 31 days witnessed, 6 bracketed in Berlin, 7 by residence only

Hanover

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture VI» Hanover GA 134, 1 January 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dream Song of Olaf Åsteson» Hanover GA 158, 1 January 1912
  3. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The World of the Senses and the World of Spirit» Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0018-1911

Hanover

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Essence of Eternity and the Nature of the Human Soul in The Light of Spiritual Science» Hanover GA 69, 2 January 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Origin of the Human Being» Berlin GA 61, 4 January 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «Origin of Man» Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «How to Refute Theosophy» Munich GA 69, 8 January 1912

Munich

  1. His own account wrote to Marie von Sivers from Munich Munich GA 262, Nr. 103
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «How to Justify Theosophy» Munich GA 69, 10 January 1912

St. Gallen

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Faith Love and Hope» St. Gallen GA 246, 12 January 1912

Winterthur

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «From Paracelsus to Goethe» Winterthur GA 68, 13 January 1912

Winterthur

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Human Souls Activities in the Course of Time» Winterthur GA 143, 14 January 1912

Zurich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Path to Knowledge and Its Connection with the Moral Nature of Man» Zurich GA 143, 15 January 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Origin of the Animal World in the Light of Spiritual Science» Berlin GA 61, 18 January 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «How can a direct conception be gained of the inner kernel of mans being» Berlin GA 135, 23 January 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Christ and the 20th Century» Berlin GA 61, 25 January 1912

Kassel

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Death and Immortality in the Light of Spiritual Science» Kassel GA 69, 28 January 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Need for the development of a feeling-memory before direct experience of reincarnation is possible» Berlin GA 135, 30 January 1912

February 1912

19 of 29 days witnessed, 10 by residence only

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Human History Present and Future in the Light of Spiritual Science» Berlin GA 61, 1 February 1912

Vienna

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Death and Immortality in the Light of Spiritual Science» Vienna GA 69, 6 February 1912

Vienna

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Essence of Eternity and the Nature of the Human Soul in the Light of Spiritual Science» Vienna GA 69, 7 February 1912

  1. His own account wrote to Marie von Sivers GA 262, Nr. 104 no dateline in his hand and no place in the edition's heading

Graz

  1. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke Graz Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912 the Gesamtausgabe prints no lecture this daythe Gesamtausgabe holds no lecture on this day; read as a lecture the corpus does not carry, not as an error in the witness

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Copernicus and His Time» Berlin GA 61, 15 February 1912

Stuttgart

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Man and His Relationship to the Supersensible Worlds» Stuttgart GA 69, 19 February 1912

Stuttgart

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Knowledge of reincarnation and karma through thought-exercises» Stuttgart GA 135, 20 February 1912

Stuttgart

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Examples of the working of karma between two incarnations» Stuttgart GA 135, 21 February 1912

Stuttgart

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Christ in the 20th Century» Stuttgart GA 69, 22 February 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Hidden Depths of the Soul» Munich GA 69, 24 February 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Origin of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science» Munich GA 69, 26 February 1912

Berlin

  1. His own account wrote to Marie von Sivers from Berlin Berlin GA 262, Nr. 104a no dateline in his hand; the place is the edition's heading

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Death in Man Animal and Plant» Berlin GA 61, 29 February 1912

March 1912

10 of 31 days witnessed, 13 bracketed in Berlin, 8 by residence only

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Reincarnation and karma the fundamental ideas of the anthroposophical world conception» Berlin GA 135, 5 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Celebration of Günther Wagners 70th Birthday» Berlin GA 265, 6 March 1912

Berlin

  1. His own account wrote to Marie von Sivers from Berlin Berlin GA 262, Nr. 106 no dateline in his hand; the place is the edition's heading

Frankfurt

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Theosophy in Relation to the Immediate Life» Frankfurt GA 246, 10 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Self-Education of the Human Being» Berlin GA 61, 14 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Evidences of Bygone Ages in Modern Civilisation» Berlin GA 133, 19 March 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Earthly and the Cosmic Man» Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Basel

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «On the Necessity of Understanding the Revelations» Basel GA 265, 20 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Nature of Eternity» Berlin GA 61, 21 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Chance and Present-Day Consciousness» Berlin GA 133, 26 March 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Darwin and the Supersensible Research» Berlin GA 61, 28 March 1912

April 1912

18 of 30 days witnessed, 12 by residence only

Helsinki

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture III» Helsinki GA 136, 5 April 1912

Helsinki

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The National Epics With Especial Attention to the Kalevala» Helsinki GA 158, 9 April 1912

Helsinki

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture VIII» Helsinki GA 136, 11 April 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Following the Lecture Cycle The Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and Kingdoms of Nature» Helsinki GA 158, 11 April 1912

Helsinki

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Occultism and Initiation» Helsinki GA 136, 12 April 1912

Stockholm

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Path through the Gospels and The Path of Inner Experience» Stockholm GA 143, 16 April 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «External Human Evolution and Inward Progress of Mankind» Stockholm Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Stockholm

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Path of Initiation» Stockholm GA 143, 17 April 1912

Stockholm

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Death and Immortality» Stockholm GA 69, 18 April 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Forces of the Human Soul and Their Inspirers» Berlin GA 133, 23 April 1912

Prague

  1. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Hidden Depths of the Soul Life» Prague Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912 the Gesamtausgabe prints no lecture this daythe Gesamtausgabe holds no lecture on this day; read as a lecture the corpus does not carry, not as an error in the witness

May 1912

15 of 31 days witnessed, 16 by residence only

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the introduction «The Idea of Reincarnation and its Introduction into Western Culture» Berlin GA 133, 2 May 1912

Düsseldorf

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Death of a God and its Fruits in Humanity» Düsseldorf GA 130, 5 May 1912

Cologne

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Christ in the 20th Century» Cologne GA 69, 6 May 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Receiving Messages from the Gods» Cologne GA 246, 6 May 1912

Cologne

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Calendar of the Soul» Cologne GA 143, 7 May 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Eulogy for Mr Terwiel and Baron Oskar von Hoffmann» Cologne GA 261, 7 May 1912

Cologne

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Ancient Wisdom and the Heralding of the Christ Impulse» Cologne GA 143, 8 May 1912

Cologne

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Spiritual Development of Man» Cologne GA 265, 9 May 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Mission of the Earth» Berlin GA 133, 14 May 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Towards a Synthesis of World Views A Fourfold Mission» Munich GA 143, 16 May 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Nature of Spiritual-scientific Knowledge and its Significance for Human Life» Munich GA 69, 17 May 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Signature of Human Evolution» Berlin GA 133, 20 May 1912

Copenhagen

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture I» Copenhagen GA 155, 23 May 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Meaning of Life» Copenhagen Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Copenhagen

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture II» Copenhagen GA 155, 24 May 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Norrköping (Gesamtausgabe); Copenhagen (Eyewitness · Wachsmuth). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture I» Norrköping GA 155, 28 May 1912, lecture 1 of the day (the volume; the document itself is not served)
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture I» Norrköping GA 155, 28 May 1912, lecture 2 of the day (the volume; the document itself is not served)
  3. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Meaning of Life» Copenhagen Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

June 1912

13 of 30 days witnessed, 2 bracketed in Oslo, 15 by residence only

Oslo

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture I» Oslo GA 137, 2 June 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «Man in the Light of Occultism, Theosophy, and Philosophy» Oslo Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Hamburg

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Inauguration of the Christian Rosenkreuz Branch» Hamburg GA 130, 17 June 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Consciousness Memory Karma» Berlin GA 133, 18 June 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Form-Creating Forces» Berlin GA 133, 20 June 1912

July 1912

2 of 31 days witnessed, 8 bracketed in Munich, 21 by residence only

  1. His own account wrote a testament for Marie von Sivers GA 262, Nr. 107 no dateline in his hand and no place in the edition's heading

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Eulogy for Caroline von Sivers-Baum» Munich GA 261, 23 July 1912

August 1912

9 of 31 days witnessed, 22 by residence only

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Task of Man Between Lucifer And Ahriman» Munich GA 265, 1 August 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Notes on the Origin of Eurythmy» Munich GA 277, 24 August 1912

September 1912

16 of 30 days witnessed, 4 bracketed in Munich, 10 by residence only

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «What the Gods Once Intended for Man» Munich GA 265, 4 September 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The First Prayer Brothers of Antiquity» Munich GA 265, 5 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture III» Basel GA 139, 17 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course II» Bottmingen GA 277, 17 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture IV» Basel GA 139, 18 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course III» Bottmingen GA 277, 18 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture V» Basel GA 139, 19 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course IV» Bottmingen GA 277, 19 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture VI» Basel GA 139, 20 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course V» Bottmingen GA 277, 20 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture VII» Basel GA 139, 21 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Paths to Weimar» Basel GA 246, 21 September 1912
  3. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course VI» Bottmingen GA 277, 21 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture VIII» Basel GA 139, 22 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course VII» Bottmingen GA 277, 22 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture IX» Basel GA 139, 23 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course VIII» Bottmingen GA 277, 23 September 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Basel (Gesamtausgabe); Bottmingen (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture X» Basel GA 139, 24 September 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Square Tao Dawn Jachin and Boaz» Basel GA 265, 24 September 1912
  3. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Dionysian Course IX» Bottmingen GA 277, 24 September 1912

Basel

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Spiritual Science and Human Life» Basel GA 69, 26 September 1912

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Come to Life in Your Souls at the Sight of Death» GA 265, 30 September 1912

October 1912

4 of 31 days witnessed, 27 by residence only

Hildesheim

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Letter from Edith Maryon» Hildesheim GA 263, 12 October 1912

Milan

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Investigations Into Life Between Death and Rebirth I» Milan GA 140, 26 October 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke Milan Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Milan

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Investigations Into Life Between Death and Rebirth II» Milan GA 140, 27 October 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «How to Refute Spiritual Research» Berlin GA 62, 31 October 1912

November 1912

16 of 30 days witnessed, 5 bracketed in Berlin, 9 by residence only

Vienna

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Recent Results of Occult Investigation Into Life» Vienna GA 140, 3 November 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Latest Results of Occult Research Regarding Life Between Death and a New Birth» Vienna Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Berlin (Gesamtausgabe); Vienna (Eyewitness · Wachsmuth). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture I» Berlin GA 141, 5 November 1912
  2. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «The Latest Results of Occult Research Regarding Life Between Death and a New Birth» Vienna Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «How Can Spiritual Research Be Justified» Berlin GA 62, 7 November 1912

Berlin

  1. His own account wrote «To the Members of the General Council of the Theosophical Society» GA 37, 48_19121114p01
    In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)
    With regard to the letter sent under “Confidential” by Mrs. Besant, President of the TS, to the members of the esteemed General Council (undated), the undersigned takes the liberty of submitting the following to these members as a basis for their assessment of the situation.
    In Bezug auf den unter «Confidential» von Mrs. Besant Pfresident of the] TS an die Mitglieder des verehrten General-Councils (ohne Datum) gesandten Briefes gestattet sich der Unterzeichnete, das Folgende diesen Mitgliedern als Unterlage zu Ihrer Beurteilung der Sachlage zu unterbreiten.
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Tasks of Spiritual Research for the Present and the Future» Berlin GA 62, 14 November 1912

Hildesheim

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Letter from Edith Maryon» Hildesheim GA 263, 15 November 1912

Hamburg

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Christ in the 20th Century» Hamburg GA 69, 16 November 1912

Hamburg

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Willingness to Understand Other Souls» Hamburg GA 246, 17 November 1912

Hanover

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Mans Journey Through the Planetary Spheres» Hanover GA 140, 18 November 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Paths of Psychic Cognition» Berlin GA 62, 21 November 1912

Münchenstein

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Truths of Spiritual Research» Münchenstein GA 69, 25 November 1912

Munich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Life Between Death and Rebirth I» Munich GA 140, 26 November 1912

Munich

  1. His own account wrote to Marie von Sivers from Munich Munich GA 262, Nr. 109 no dateline in his hand; the place is the edition's heading
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Life Between Death and Rebirth II» Munich GA 140, 28 November 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Meditation Image for the Holy Days and Nights» Berlin GA 265, 30 November 1912

December 1912

17 of 31 days witnessed, 7 bracketed in Berlin, 7 by residence only

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Results of Spiritual Research into Vital Questions and the Mystery of Death» Berlin GA 62, 5 December 1912

  1. His own account wrote «To the Esteemed Members of “Star of the East”» GA 37, 49_19121208p01
    In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)
    The undersigned are obliged to inform you that the Executive Council, in extraordinary session on December 8, 1912, has passed the resolution set out below.
    Die Unterzeichneten sind verpflichtet, Ihnen hierdurch die Mitteilung zu machen, dass der am 8. Dezember 1912 zu außerordentlicher Sitzung versammelte Vorstand den unten angeführten Beschluss gefasst hat.

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Natural Science and Spiritual Research» Berlin GA 62, 12 December 1912

Witnesses place this day differently: Bern (Gesamtausgabe, Eyewitness · Wachsmuth); Berlin (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Working of Karma in Life After Death» Bern GA 140, 15 December 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Federal Founding» Berlin GA 250, 15 December 1912
  3. Eyewitness · Wachsmuth spoke on «Life Between Death and a New Birth» Bern Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0019-1912

Zurich

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Love and Its Meaning in the World» Zurich GA 143, 17 December 1912

St. Gallen

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «The Starry Heaven Above Me The Moral Law Within Me» St. Gallen GA 130, 19 December 1912

Berlin

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Birth of the Light Thoughts on Christmas Eve» Berlin GA 143, 24 December 1912

  1. His own account wrote the annual report of the German Section for 1912 GA 37, 11_1912_Report the day is given by the edition's table of contents; the filename carries only the year; the edition's table of contents calls this his handwritten draft

Cologne

  1. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Lecture II» Cologne GA 142, 29 December 1912
  2. Gesamtausgabe gave the lecture «Novalis as Proclaimer of the Spiritually Comprehensible Christ Impulse» Cologne GA 143, 29 December 1912